New Findings from Vanderbilt University in the Area of Investment Reported (Yellin’ At Yellen: Hostile Sexism In the Federal Reserve Congressional Hearings): Investment

2025 OCT 03 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Economics Daily Report -- Data detailed on Investment have been presented. According to news reporting originating from Nashville, Tennessee, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “How prevalent is hostile sexism among US politicians? We analyze the transcripts of every congressional hearing attended by the chair of the US Federal Reserve from 2001 to 2020 using Janet Yellen as a bundled treatment to provide carefully identified evidence of sexism. We find that legislators who interacted with both Yellen and at least one other male Fed chair over this period interrupt Yellen more and interact with her using more aggressive language.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Vanderbilt University, “Furthermore, we show that having a daughter reduces a legislator’s hostility toward Yellen. These results are not a function of differences in either the content Yellen discusses in these hearings (measured with topic models) or her tone of communication.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Our results provide carefully identified evidence of hostile sexism among both male and female legislators from both sides of the aisle when confronted with a female in a novel position of power, supporting a rich literature on gender roles and forms of sexism.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Yellin’ At Yellen: Hostile Sexism In the Federal Reserve Congressional Hearings. Journal of Politics, 2025;87(4):1365-1382. Journal of Politics can be contacted at: Univ Chicago Press, 1427 E 60TH St, Chicago, IL 60637-2954, USA. (Cambridge University Press - www.cambridge.org; Journal of Politics - http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JOP)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting James Bisbee, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, United States. Additional authors for this research include Nicolo Fraccaroli and Andreas Kern.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1086/734254. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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